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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1900
Page
2
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Washington reports a cable from Che Foo noting an edict allowing ministers to conduct peaceful secret telegraphic communications with their governments. It states all ministers at Pekin have telegrams to transmit and may send originals to consuls for verification after dispatch.
General Chaffee reports Yang Tsun was occupied on August 6 with about 60 casualties among the Ninth and Fourteenth U.S. infantry and Battery F Fifth U.S. Artillery. The capture aims to secure two Pekin routes at the Pei Ho junction, 17.8 miles from Tien Tsin, per Che Foo dispatches.
Minister Wu reports eight foreign legations in Pekin have sent cipher messages to their governments under the August imperial edict allowing free cipher communications. He notes the consul’s dispatch, previously held up, has now been forwarded and asserts China is honoring the edict.
Washington reports Consul General Goodnow in Shanghai says a British detachment has landed to safeguard the foreign settlement. Merchants fear anti foreign sentiment may rise, but the U S will not protest, conceding a power’s right to protect its citizens where danger is perceived.
St. Paul Aug 10 reports the Depot Battalion of the Eighth Regiment to depart for Manila. The dispatch notes additional instruction to use all possible means to prepare and mobilize the unit for transport and deployment amid ongoing operations.
The depot battalion of the Eighth Infantry at Fort Snelling is ordered to depart for Manila within a week. The troops will board the first available transport from San Francisco to the Orient, without waiting for the rest of the command.
Victoria B C reports from the Empress of Japan arrivals say an American officer of Seymour's column stated at Tien Tsin that the Hss Kia arsenal captured by Seymour contained more arms and munitions than the entire United States.
The marriage of Clare W. Blakely and Miss Francee M. Croach, both of Rochester, occurred at the Methodist Episcopal church on Thursday morning. Blakely, a Poet and Record proprietor, is a leading Rochester Republican paper figure, with both couples prominent in local social circles.
Report details a special C G W R train for the G A RB annual excursion leaving Austin at 6 40 p m via Dodge Center en route to St Paul and Minneapolis with scenic notes along the Mississippi and Twin Cities sights. The article also covers the Democratic County Convention in Austin August 30 1900 to select delegates for the Minnesota State Convention in St Paul September 6 1900 and lists precinct delegate apportionment and primary voting August 25 1900.
Charles Clark Bowen, a prominent Detroit citizen and wealthy resident, dies at age 65. A stranger believed to be Frank Ronick from Virginia leapt from the Columbus statehouse home and was killed.
American League games in Minneapolis Milwaukee Detroit Kansas City end with Milwaukee Chicago and Cleveland. Milwaukee takes two, Detroit shuts out Cleveland, Chicago edges Kansas City. National League results in Pittsburg Boston Chicago Philadelphia St Louis Brooklyn Cincinnati New York show varied outcomes with Brooklyn and New York winning.
Wheat bids shown for cash and futures with No 1 hard and No 1 Northern grades. No 3 at 72 and old and new 80s and 78 to 79 percent. Flax cash and futures quoted with September and October dates at 61.82 and around 1.24 to 1.27 per bushel.
Advertisement promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a radical cure for diseases arising in the stomach. It claims many chronic patients with heart or liver complaints were cured by treating the blood and digestion. It notes absence of alcohol cocaine or opiates and recommends Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for stomach bowels and liver disorders.
In Minneapolis the Wheat prices show No. 1 Northern and No. 2 Northern futures for August through December. In stores No. 1 Northern trades around 74 to 76 cents, with 78 cents for hard wheat on track.
CATTLE market steady with beeves at 4.50 to 5.15 dollars, cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00, stockers and feeders 8.50 to 4.00, calves and yearlings 3.26 to 4.25. HOGS market 5 to 10 lower, prices range 5.00 to 5.10.
HOGS opened 10c lower and closed steady at the decline with prices ranging 4.60 to 4.74. CATTLE steady with stock cattle activity. prices 3.75 to 4.25 for choice butcher cows and heifers, 4.76 to 5.25 for choice butcher steers, 3.25 to 4.50 for fat bulls, 3.60 to 5.00 for real calves, 8.40 to 10 for good stockers and feeders, 8.25 to 8.80 for steer calves. SHEEP fat sheep in good demand with lambs at 4.00 to 4.25.
New York August 10 McFadden of Chicago defeated local fighter McPartland at the Broadway Athletic Club. McPartland's second threw in the sponge in the seventh round to save him from knockout as the two were slated for 26 rounds at 165 pounds and a 5 pound spread in favor of McPartland.
A chaotic fragment lists tasks and positions including corn husking at a canning factory on August 10, help wanted for a night policeman, and other staff. It also mentions payment for ceraphron at a new foundry, and a reference to Wa. Owen in the opera Ingomar next Wednesday evening.
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